Greater Noida: Five dead, two injured as car rams into truck on Yamuna Expressway

GREATER NOIDA: Five people, including four women, died while two others were injured after their car rammed into a truck on the Yamuna Expressway early Thursday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Chandrakant Burade (68), Swarna Burade (59), Malan Kumbhar (68), Ranjana Pawar (60), all four residents of Pune City in Maharashtra and Nuwanjan Mujawar(53), a native of Karnataka.
The injured are Narayan kolekar (40), a resident of Satara in Maharashtra and Sunita Gaste(35) from Karnataka.
"The accident took place around 5am on the Yamuna expressway under Jewar police station jurisdiction. The Bolero car was heading towards Noida from Agra when it hit the truck from behind," Anjani Kumar Singh, Jewar SHO told TOI.
All the seven were rushed to Kailash hospital for treatment where five of them were declared brought dead while two are undergoing treatment.
Police have seized the truck and further investigation is under way.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident. He directed the district administration to ensure proper treatment to the injured.